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At a recent book signing at the Barnes & Noble in Paramus, New Jersey, Jackie Collins made a point of also signing the audio edition of her latest, The Power Trip — which she narrates with a full cast for Macmillan Audio.

For more information on the audiobook and for an audio excerpt, CLICK HERE.

Naxos AudioBooks recently launched a self-contained audiobook app — the first in a new series — for Charles Dickens’s classic A Christmas Carol.

The app — which features e-book text so listeners can read along with the audiobook and informative notes about the novel — features a recording of A Christmas Carol narrated by Anton Lesser, a British actor who has worked at at the National Theatre, and is an associate artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

The app is available for iPhone, iPad, and Android devices, and can be purchased at iTunes, the Amazon Appstore, and Google Play.

Up next for Naxos is an audiobook app for King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

Check out the following classic holiday titles — and the corresponding audio excerpts.

THE TRUE GIFT
All year long Lily and Liam look forward to Christmas on their grandparents’ farm. It’s always the perfect trip — walking to the lilac library, trimming the tree, giving gifts. But this year, thanks to a white cow alone in the meadow, things will be different. This Christmas, Lily and Liam will find out the meaning of a true gift.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL
A holiday classic as you’ve never heard it before. Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, and Ebenezer Scrooge come to life in Patrick Stewart’s critically-acclaimed solo interpretation of A Christmas Carol. The star of X-Men and The Royal Shakespeare Company, Stewart has performed his one-man stage production of A Christmas Carol to sell-out audiences. Now, in this studio recording, Stewart invites listeners to rediscover the timeless story.

THE CHRISTMAS BOX
This story of a widow and the young family that moves in with her was written in 1992 by Richard Paul Evans, who wrote the novella for his two daughters and made 20 copies to give to friends and family as Christmas gifts. In the following weeks those 20 copies were passed from family member to family member, and from friend to friend. That novella went on to become an international bestseller.

THE PURPOSE OF CHRISTMAS
Pastor Rick Warren’s latest title helps listeners rediscover the true meaning of Christmas just in time for the holidays.

THE BRIDGENew York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury brings listeners a story of two couples that find love and meaning in a bookstore, and that are changed by the sort of miracle that can only happen at Christmas — the miracle of a second chance.

And that’s just the beginning. Plus, you can enter to win a selection of titles from the Gift Guides. So be sure to check back with Random House Audio every day — and don’t forget to connect with them via Facebook or Twitter.

But — as we quickly learned from watching the following videos from Random House Audio — we really don’t know what we’re talking about when it comes to presidential history.

Released to celebrate the audio edition of Kenneth C. Davis’s Don’t Know Much About the American Presidents, these three videos — titled “Think You Know Your Presidents?” — are guaranteed to test your knowledge of all things POTUS.

If you’re a Jim Dale fan — and who isn’t after his amazing performances in the Harry Potter audiobooks — you’re going to want to check out this behind-the-scenes video from Random House Audio.

In the following clip, Dale is recording the audio edition of John Stephens’s YA fantasy novel The Fire Chronicle.

PW gave the book a Starred Review, saying: “Fans of The Emerald Atlas will find much to love: the adventure-driven plot, a scattering of deliciously scary moments, and Stephens’s offbeat take on Tolkienesque dragons, dwarves, and elves are sure to delight.”

If you enjoyed that, why not listen to a longer audio excerpt or order the audiobook RIGHT HERE.

If you’re a fan of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick and audiobooks, then you’re going to want to check out The Moby-Dick Big Read.

Ever day for the next four months, listeners can download a new chapter of Moby-Dick, read by a different narrator and featuring White Whale-related artwork. Thus far, we’re just five days in and already there’s narration provided by the likes of Tilda Swinton.

The project is also garnering some pretty significant media attention and was even featured in The New York Times.

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